Rose Lee Legates

Rose Lee Legates

Feb. 25, 1934 - Aug. 13, 2013

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- Rose Lee Legates, 79, of Kearney, died Tuesday, (Aug. 13, 2013), at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.

She was born Feb. 25, 1934, in St. Mary's, West Virginia, to Herman and Mary Farson. She married Charles Legates Jr. in Blair, Nebraska, on July 1, 1957.

She was employed as a waitress for several years and later owned and operated "Legates Home Cafe" in Wilsonville, Nebraska.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wilsonville, Nebraska.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Charlotte Legates and one sister, Caroline Sue Farson

Survivors include her husband, Charles Legates, Jr. of Kearney; sons, John Legates and wife, Jennifer of Grand Island, Gary Legates and wife, Jamie and Charles E. Legates and wife, Glenda, all of Kearney; daughters, Naomi Schwarz and husband, Tony, Connie Blankenship and husband, Brian and Bonnie Volker and husband, Bill, all of Kearney; sisters, Frances and Janice Farson of West Virginia; brothers, Phillip and Raymond Farson of West Virginia and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney with the Rev. Stan Murdoch officiating.

Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the service all at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given to the family for future designation.

Condolences or personal reflections may be submitted at www.osrfh.com.

O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements.